Table 1.

Description of the 27 pineapple floral samples used for RNA-seq analysis.

Sepal stages	Petal stages	Stamen stages	Gynoecium stages	Ovule stages	Flower characteristics
–	–	St1	Gy1	Ov1	Bud width < 5 mm
–	–	St2	Gy2	Ov2	5 mm ≤ Bud width < 8 mm
Se1	Pe1	St3	Gy3	Ov3	Bud width = 8 mm
–	–	St4	Gy4	Ov4	Bud width > 8 mm to petal invisible
Se2	Pe2	St5	Gy5	Ov5	Petal just visible
–	–	St6	Gy6	Ov6	1 mm petal visible
–	–	–	Gy7	Ov7	>2 mm petal visible to pre-flowering
Se3	Pe3	–	–	–	Flowering
Se4		–	–	–	After flowering

Se sepal, Pe petal, St stamen, Gy gynoecium, Ov ovule.